New Insights and Implications

Since this class started I've learned several things in regards to concepts about math education. I've always viewed math as a very dry subject with only one right answer; when in fact there are several ways to approach one problem. It's important to encourage students to come up with a solution in their own way rather than paving the path for them. When doing this we teach students problem solving skills. We also talked about the importance of using the right math standards for both state and national. We also learned about what standards mean and how to analyze each standard and put an appropriate assignment with each standard.

New Insights and Their Implications

Over the past few weeks, we have learned many aspects about math. The block activity stands out the most for me and I feel I learned a lot during those two days and trying to solve the problem. The activity helped me develop problem solving skills and really think about how I was thinking. I was shocked when we tied this activity to the standards. It fits multiple standards but only pieces of each standard. When we broke down the standards, I found it very interesting how you need to really look into the wording of the standards to get the real meaning out of them. I think it is crazy how much money is spent to revise the standards when we already know in two years they are going to change.